Share Your Story: The Schicketanzes
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Why a COLA Matters in Oklahoma 
Why a COLA Matters in Oklahoma
On November 15, 2019, the Oklahoma House of Representatives held an interim study committee meeting on why retirees need a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Rep. Avery Frix, the sponsor of the study, previously led a push to grant public employees a…
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Share Your Story: Barbara 
Share Your Story: Barbara
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/nSw9eER6bOI”]
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Public Employees Share Why They Are Grateful This Thanksgiving 
Public Employees Share Why They Are Grateful This Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is more than just a time for participating in all the usual festivities (eating turkey with all the trimmings, catching up with family, etc.). It’s also a time to reflect on what provides us with security and joy. This…
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Share Your Story: Sue Share Your Story: Sue
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2k6_f8IpJ4″]
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Oklahoma: A Historical Look at Public Pensions 
Oklahoma: A Historical Look at Public Pensions
This year we have taken a look at the history of pensions in Kansas and Kentucky. Fraught with years of underfunding, legislative tax breaks, and subsidies to corporations, both Kansas and Kentucky’s pension systems are underfunded. Oklahoma was in a…
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Share Your Story: Judie Share Your Story: Judie
Throughout the fall, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuIslpvtqOU”]
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New Poll Shows Why Pensions Matter for Public Employees 
New Poll Shows Why Pensions Matter for Public Employees
A new national poll released yesterday shows that pension benefits are one of the most important job features for state and local government employees, with 93 percent of them saying that pensions incentivize workers to have long careers in the…
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Kansas: A Historical Look at Public Pensions 
Kansas: A Historical Look at Public Pensions
Earlier this year, we took a deeper look at the history of Kentucky pensions. Fraught with years of underfunding, legislative tax breaks and subsidies to corporations, Kentucky’s pension systems are underfunded. Kansas was in a similar situation, but in recent…
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Understanding Unfunded Liability Understanding Unfunded Liability
Time and again, articles are published about states with “large unfunded liabilities.” Often, writers and anti-pension critics use large numbers to scare readers into thinking America has a pension crisis. This is a myth. Before falling for pension opponents’ messaging,…
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Three Things You Need to Know During Retirement Security Week 
Three Things You Need to Know During Retirement Security Week
On behalf of all of us at the National Public Pension Coalition, we want to wish you a happy Retirement Security Week! Every year during the third week of October, we recognize the importance of defending the pensions public workers…
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Why 401(k)s have caused the retirement security crisis 
Why 401(k)s have caused the retirement security crisis
Today’s post was written by NPPC’s Executive Director Bridget Early. Readers of Defined Benefit know that NPPC has been shining a light on the failings of the defined contribution 401(k). Since its inception in the 1980s as a retirement savings…
